GLG News by Commercial Printing Experts

From 1969-1996 ATMs were owned exclusively by banks and in 1996, the major networks Plus and Cirrus lifted their ban on surcharging and since that time three trends have emerged: 1. banks began "double dipping," charging a surcharge fee for non-customers and charging their own customers' a "foreign...

Abitibi-Bowaters has recently shut down four newsprint mills: one in New Brunswick, two in Ontario and one in British Columbia.  Catalyst has shut down one machine as have several other major producers.  Will this be enough to bring supply in balance with demand? 85% of newsprint production...

Virtualization will help reduce the strain put on Data Centers by reducing power, air condition and space requirements.   What impact will it have on hardware producers as hardware becomes software?

This event has been months in the making, ever since restructuring experts were brought in last fall. The question is, are there more Top 25 builders headed down the same path? 

In her "Five Trends That Will Shape The Business Process" report, Leaver and her team detail the five most significant trends in the business process and applications space for 2008. They include: Dynamic Business Applications; Web 2.0 and tech populism; software-as-a-service (SaaS); business process...

The designation of forest land as higher and better use, HBU is becoming more important in the valuation of large Timberland transactions.  The definition of HBU has broadened into more nontraditional forestry uses.  Up to the mid-1980s, HBU was pretty much considered to be waterfront properties...

2008 isn't shaping up as a good year for the mortgage industry as delinquencies hit record highs, foreclosures reach record levels, builders are faced with too much inventory and in December 2007, applications for building permits fell by 8.1%, which marked the seventh consecutive monthly decline and...

NYSE snags rival Amex for $260 million in stock to expand its "options" business, which offers higher margins than stock markets. The deal will provide NYSE with additional listings, as well as increase its scale in U.S. options, ETFs, close-end funds, structured products and cash equities. NYSE also...

TD Bank (Toronto Dominion) agreed to purchase Commerce Bancorp for $8.5 billion in 2007, however, shareholder lawsuits and a suit from its former CEO and a suit filed against his wife and her design firm may be putting the deal in jeopardy. TD Bank agreed to pay a 7% premium over Commerce's closing...

Consumers spent more than $2.5 trillion in 2007 on credit card purchases and cash advances, however, consumers are falling behind on credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults skyrocketing. The value of credit card accounts at least 30 days late rose 26% to $17.3 billion...